Educational context of time from the perspective of adult development

• Authors: Jerzy Semków
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The  basic assumption is that time, which regulates our existence in the world, is the special medium and that there are “costs (lost opportunities) associated with not investing time wisely” (Zimbardo, & Boyd, 2009, p. 19). The diverse attitudes of certain individuals towards time may be viewed from various perspectives. The author reflects on the time phenomenon from the perspective of learning adults, with regard to three life periods in the process indentified in andragogy as maturing to adulthood. In early adulthood time is especially significant as people assume the role of the ones responsible for their professional development and their family. In the second stage – middle adulthood – due to varying evaluations of their achievements, time is treated either as a friend or as an enemy. In this situation undertaking learning activity becomes a springboard, some kind of antidote to the emerging life problems. It may also bring about fundamental disturbances to the psycho-social balance of an adult person, such as change of his living environment. The value of time as a non-renewable good increases significantly in  late adulthood, after crossing the threshold of 60. This refers particularly to people who consider old age as an important stage of life. Thus, temporal perspective in each stage of adulthood varies, especially when learning is a regular part of life activities of an adult person

Keywords

EN

educational context of time; early adulthood; middle adulthood; late adulthood; development of adults

• Publisher: Fundacja Pro Scientia Publica
• Journal: Journal of Education Culture and Society
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 45-53

Dates

published

2016-06-28

Contributors

author

Jerzy Semków

• Faculty of Pedagogy, Janusz Korczak Pedagogical University in Warsaw, Katowice – Department, Katowicka Str 27, Katowice

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15503/jecs20161.45.53